Adult education is not only about addressing current skills shortages, but also about anticipating future needs. The Cedefop Skills Forecast provides a comprehensive overview of future labor market trends in Europe and serves as an early warning tool to reduce or even prevent skills mismatches. This article presents Cedefop’s skills forecasting programs.
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PIAAC 2024: Do adults have the basic skills to thrive in a changing world?
PIAAC 2024: Declining Skills, Growing Challenges?
The latest OECD PIAAC survey reveals that adult literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills are declining worldwide, including in Hungary. While Finland, Norway, and Denmark have improved their results, Hungary has seen a dramatic rise in the proportion of adults with low literacy and numeracy skills. How can we reverse this trend? Read our full analysis and Dr. Éva Farkas’s latest report!
Technological progress: an opportunity rather than a challenge
An interview with Falk Scheidig, Professor of Lifelong Learning at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, on the impact of digitalisation and artificial intelligence on adult learning.


